Shampoo lavatory



March 26,1940.

J. N. MAYHEW SHAMPOO LAVM'ORY Filed larch 6,- 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 //v VEN T02 J4me; /V. MA w/Ew .4 Trap/vs m Patented Mar. 26, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT. ar s 4 SHAMPOO LAVATORY; James N. Mayhew, Los Angeles, Calif. Application March 6, 1939, Serial No. 259,987

7 Claims. (01. 4 159) This invention relates generally to the artof cosmetology, and more particularly to plumbing fixtures as used in beauty shops for hair washing and shampooing operations.

An object of this invention is to provide a lavatory structurally characterized by extremely simple and highly effective mean forming a neck rest so associated with and related to the bowl portion of the lavatory that the operator will have ample working space for the hands and for the usual water spray device, in the bowl underneath and around the neck of the patron at the lavatory, so as to enable such relatively inaccessible part of the hair to be thoroughly shampooed with ease and dispatch, and to be as thoroughly rinsed by convenient manipulation of the spray device close to the skin in order to avoid the discharge of uncontrolled jets of water from the device out of the bowl.

' Another object of this invention is to provide a lavatory of the above described character in which the novel neck rest structure is related to the top of the bowl in a manner to enable the operator'to perform the shampooing and rinsing operations with the hands extended into the bowl underneath the head of the patron, from one side of the bowl or the other and in a natural position wherein the operator stands at the side of the lavatory, rather than an unnatural one resulting from the operator being required to stand in front of the lavatory and to lean directly over the face of the patron, as is practically unavoidable with shampoo lavatories heretofore available.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shampoo lavatory in which the novel neck rest structure is removably associated with the lavatory in an extremely simple manner, and is constructed so as to be readily sterilizable without injury thereto, all while affording the aforestated advantages of working space for the operator below and around the back of the neck of the patron, and in addition, of forming an extremely comfortable cushioned or soft yielding support 4 for the neck.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the combinations, arrangements and functional relationships of elements as set forth in the following specification and 50 particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a lavatory illustrating one form of the invention;

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation, of the 5 lavatory shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a verticalsectional view taken on theline 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2; i Figure 5 is a view in front elevation of the lavatory embodying another form of this invention; t v

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring specifically to the drawings, and 10;

particularly to Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, the

lavatory l0 embodying this invention includes a relatively deep bowl ll having the usual drain opening I2 for connection to a drain pipe by suitable piping (not shown). of the bowl projects a shelf l4 having hot and cold water valves l5 and I6 secured thereon and adapted for connection to suitable sources of water supply (not shown). A. goose-necked spray pipe I1 is connected to the outlets of the 2 valves l5 and I6 and has attached'thereto a suitable flexible hose 18 provided with a spray head I9.

The side walls 20 of the bowl ll terminate at a level considerably lower than that of the shelf 5 I I4, and merge into outwardly and downwardly rolled rims 21. The upper edges of the side walls 20 join the upper edges of the front wall 22 in relatively large outwardly and upwardly curved portions 23 as viewed in plan and front elevation, 30

respectively; and these portions arejoined by an inwardly and downwardly curved portion 24 as viewed, respectively, in plan and front elevation, all with respect to the bowl I l, and so as to provide at the front of the bowl a saddle shaped 3 structure constituting a neck rest 25.

The outwardly and downwardlyrolled rims 2! continue along the portions 23 and decrease in width to merge into the outer surface of the front wall 22 approximately at the joinder of the 40 curved portion 24 with the portions 23 as indicated at 26 in Figure 1. i

The upper edge of the portion 24 is rounded and extended inwardly at a convenient upward angle over the bowl I! toform an inwardly projecting lip 21 to provide the neck rest 25 with sufilcient width toform a comfortable support for the back portion of the neck of a person when leaning backward from a seated posture in front of the lavatory. The lip 21 defining the neck 50,

From the rear wall [3 15 will be later described in the operation of the invention. It will be noted that the lowermost and central point a of the neck rest 25 is at a considerably higher level than the top surface I) of the side walls as most clearly appearing in Figure 3, and for a purpose to be described in the operation and use of the lavatory, which is as follows:

With a patron seated at the lavatory, and her neck supported on the neck rest 25, the working space 28 provides ample room for the hands of the operator in shampooing the otherwise comparatively inaccessible portions of the hair at the base of the head and back of the neck, all without disturbing the patron or requiring that the head be temporarily lifted to an uncomfortable position clear of the neck rest to render such parts of the hair accessible for washing and rinsing. The working space 28 permits convenient manipulation of the spray head I9 close to the skin during the rinsing of the hair so as to obviate the discharge of uncontrolled water jets from the spray head and out of the bowl, when the spray head is held at a distance below the head of the patron, as is unavoidable in shampoo lavatories heretofore proposed, due to the lack. of working space at the most essential location in the bowls thereof.

Furthermore, it will be noted that due to the higher level of the neck rest to the top of the rims 25 at the side walls 28, as is clearly illustrated by the relationship of the points a and '0 in Figure 3, the hands of the operator can be very conveniently extended over the sides of the bowl and underneath the head of the patron for the shampooing and rinsing operation, ail while the operator is standing at one side or the other of the lavatory in a natural position enab-- ling the hands to be more effectively used in such operations than is possible with shampoo lavatorles of the prior art which by their construction require the operator to stand in front of a lava-- tory over the face of the patron in order to reach the back of the patrons head with the hands of the operator in comparatively unnatural positions which preclude, if not prevent, thoroughness 1n the work.

Referring now to Figures 5 and 6, lavatory l lo herein shown is similar in construction to the lavatory l8 with the exception that the neck rest 50. oi the former is constructed as a sepa rate unit capable of being readily applied to the lavatory and as easily removed therefrom for thorough sterilizing without injury.

The neck rest 25a is constructed to provide a sheet metal foundation or base member 3 of a plan and elevations! contour conforming to that of the central inwardly and downwardly curved portion E la/of the front wall 22a. The member is substantially U-shaped in cross section to provide inner and outer flanges 36 and 32, respectively, spaced to slidably receive the front wall Me which is provided with a slot 33 from its upper edge, adapted to receive'a stud 3G fixed to the inner flange 3! and having a suitable wing nut 35 for securely clamping the neck rest in place. The member covered with a body 38 of suitable soft or yieldable material such as rubber which can be vulcanized to the member so as to become a permanent part thereof and is readily sterilizable.

The body 36 is formed to provide the lip 'il'lct which projects into the bowl of the lavatory and functions to provide the aforedescribed working space with all its advantages, and in addition, to afford an extremely comfortable cushioned support for the patron.

What is claimed is:

l. A shampoo lavatory having means defining a neck rest in one vertical wall of the bowl thereof and including a lip projecting from said wall into the bowl sufilciently to provide a working space in the bowl underneath the lip between its free edge and the inner surface of said wall. for the purpose described.

2. A shampoo lavatory having a neck receiving portion in a vertical wall of the bowl thereof; and means co-actable with said portion to provide a neck rest projecting into the bowl from said wall thereof, to define beneath the neck rest, a surficient working space in the bowl for manipulation the hands of an operator, and of a spraying device in shampooing and rinsing operations.

3. A shampoo lavatory having a neck receiving portion in the front wall of the bowl thereof; and means co-actable with said portion to provide a neck rest projecting into the bowl from said front wall thereof, and defining, beneath the neck rest, a sufliclent Working space in the bowl for manipulation of the hands of an operator, and of a spraying device in shampooing and rinsing operations; the side walls of the lavatory terminating at a level suffioiently lower than the neck rest for the arms of the operator to be extended from the sides of the bowl into the latter for convenient manipulation of the hands within said working space, while the operator occupies a position at one side or the other of the lavatory.

4. A shampoo lavatory having a neck receiving recess in a vertical wall of the bowl thereof; and an integral lip projecting inwardly of the bowl from the edge of the recess for co-action therewith in providing a neck rest in the bowl and a working space therein beneath the lip.

5. A shampoo lavatory having a neck receiving recess in a vertical wall of the bowl thereof; a neck rest including a laterally projecting neck supporting portion including a neck; and means co-acting with said wall and portion to detachably secure the neck rest to the wall with said lip projecting into the bowl to provide therein sufficient working space between said vertical wall and the underneath portions of a persons head supported by the neck rest for convenient manipu ation of the hands of an operator.

6. A shampoo lavatory having a neck receiving recess in a vertical wall of the bowl thereof; a sterilizable neck rest having a rigid base member and a cover of yieldable material including a laterally projecting neck supporting portion; and means for detachably securing the neck rest to the lavatory with said portion disposed in the bowl.

'7. A shampoo lavatory having a neck receiving recess in a vertical wall of the bowl thereof, and a slot extending from said recess; a sterilizable neck rest including a laterally projecting neck supporting portion and a pin adapted to be received in said slot to correlate the neck rest and lavatory with said portion projecting in the bowl; and means co-acting with said pin to detachably secure the neck rest in place.

JAMES N. MAYHEW. 

